Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is easy for journalists to sit behind their word-processors and criticize what others are doing . |
| 2 | To make it easier , you could buy little marzipan animals instead of moulding them yourself — however , if you do make your own , it might be fun to make them in the shape of the children 's pets and pipe their names on to them . |
| 3 | As you say ‘ fly away ’ you lift your hands behind your ears and switch your fingers , so hiding the piece of paper . |
| 4 | Most of them did nothing about it but hurried on , some scowling , one , a child , making a face at the camera , holding up his hands as if they were big ears and waggling his fingers . |
| 5 | Corbett pointed to the one stained glass window in the room where the artist had painted a graphic vision of demons , their eyes glaring fiercely , their mouths and nostrils poured forth fetid breath as they tore the flesh of sinners with red hot pincers and pierced their bodies with glowing iron nails , whilst others beat the unfortunates with spikes and scourges . |
| 6 | Overall , research shows that the commercials are very meaningful to Guinness drinkers and reinforce its reputations as a tonic . |
| 7 | Swings her legs and points her feet |
| 8 | She stopped swinging her legs and bit her nails instead . |
| 9 | The green men in their cloaks of leaves and branches then discovered them , and came down to the beach and circled Dulé and his companions where they lay prone , and shook their fronds and squatted on their haunches and kicked their legs and tossed their heads and slapped palm to thigh , in order to rally them and send them off again ; pouring spirits and water into their faces to invigorate them , beating out a rhythm with their feet . |
| 10 | Alternate legs and let your arms swing in the opposite direction . |
| 11 | He spread his legs and tensed his fingers . |
| 12 | ‘ Why should they ? ’ says Brian Everthorpe , tipping his chair back on its rear legs and hooking his thumbs in his waistcoat pockets . |
| 13 | Grinning , he tilted his chair back on its legs and folded his hands across his ample paunch . |
| 14 | Vi stretched her cold legs and rotated her ankles . |
| 15 | An hour later , after scratching their arms and legs and staining their hands and mouths with juice , they sat down in the grass and passed a bottle of lemonade around . |
| 16 | Protect your body with your feet and forearms ; roll into his legs and smother his kicks , then pull him down and start unleashing all those close-in weapons mentioned earlier . |
| 17 | She 's got her stocking feet right up between his legs and cuddles his feet in her ample bosom , having previously removed his shoes and socks and displayed them in sideways V-sign on the little shelf at the window . |
| 18 | Willie hung his gaberdine and cap on his peg while Sammy stood on his hind legs and placed his paws on his stomach . |
| 19 | Beeby laughed at that until Lloyd lifted one of her legs and sank his teeth into her inner thigh until she squealed . |
| 20 | But the dog rose shakily on its bandy legs and bared its teeth . |
| 21 | Now that she was wearing skirts above the knees , as fashion demanded , he 'd noticed her long , slender legs and admired her ankles . |
| 22 | He spoke without looking at her , in case his gaze rested on her bare legs and gave her ideas . |
| 23 | And when she protested she never lay like that and had proceeded to demonstrate how she did lie , crossing her legs and pulling her knees up , she had let out a high squeal when the side of Sister Mary 's hard hand came across her knees in a whacking thump . |
| 24 | They made us all kneel , made us put our heads between our legs and clasp our hands behind . |
| 25 | Without thought , Theda threw off the covers and swung her feet to the floor . |
| 26 | Katherine threw back the covers and swung her legs out of bed . |
| 27 | Patrick threw back the covers and swung his legs out of bed . |
| 28 | The girls were wired up so that the current lit up their cockades and enabled their swords to give off sparks as they fenced . |
| 29 | After 9 years in which he applied microbial biochemistry to industrial manufacturing problems , he returned , in 1929 , to academic work as professor of biochemistry at the London School of Hygiene , where he continued to identify the chemical constituents of fungi and discover their functions . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've blown their noses and wiped their bottoms , ’ she states , with the stoicism of a practised mother . |